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and i think that's what jim webb is saying. we have to come with a more general message that gives a little credit to the culture and a little respect to the culture. >> and yet, you were just previewing an ad for me that you're hitting eric cantor with, and it's on abortion. and abortion's always been one of these trickier things. it's effective politics in virginia. doug wilder became governor because of it, some would argue. but does that make it talking to white males -- >> you've got to remember the district we ran. you know, in richmond last year, they went for the transvaginal ultrasounds and all this craziness. with the seventh district, our exit poll says it's now 68%. you know, eric cantor is one of these guys who talks about, you know, government intrusion and how we don't need government intrusion. but yet, you know, he has been with todd akin on 32 different bills pushing this government intrusion into women's individual rights. >> i want to go back and close with a thought that we opened with, independents. can yo
and i think that's what jim webb is saying. we have to come with a more general message that gives a little credit to the culture and a little respect to the culture. >> and yet, you were just previewing an ad for me that you're hitting eric cantor with, and it's on abortion. and abortion's always been one of these trickier things. it's effective politics in virginia. doug wilder became governor because of it, some would argue. but does that make it talking to white males -- >>...
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>> we heard again from the campaigns, jim mess siena and david axelrod, e-mails from the romney campaign, both sides accusing each other of bluffing by -- >> on the state of the race. >> on the state of the race, the ground game, who has the best get out the vote. $2 million by restore our future the super pac for romney into pennsylvania. this is more than -- this is more than a bluff. this sounds real, $2 million is real money. >> here's what's going on here, andrea, i think we have very real evidence of this. is in the nine battleground states, the ability of either candidate to move the numbers has been nearly impossible when either one of them has had some momentum, it's maybe moved their number a point or two, but -- and moved the other guy's number down a point or two but not much. we are seeing almost all of the battlegrounds at some form of a standstill, maybe moving half a point here, half a point there. where you see evidence of romney's uptick in the national polls playing out in the states or in the nonbattleground states, the ones that have been left off, pennsylvania is a
>> we heard again from the campaigns, jim mess siena and david axelrod, e-mails from the romney campaign, both sides accusing each other of bluffing by -- >> on the state of the race. >> on the state of the race, the ground game, who has the best get out the vote. $2 million by restore our future the super pac for romney into pennsylvania. this is more than -- this is more than a bluff. this sounds real, $2 million is real money. >> here's what's going on here, andrea, i...
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jim, i see the rough seas out there. this doesn't make any sense to me historically. i grew up in a country, philadelphia, where you had a certain number of snows every winter which were normal. you had your hurricane season around august/september and it was down south. now what is this? we're not getting involved in the big fight over global warming or climate change. what is going on? >> reporter: this is just a late season hybrid. here is the deal. what we've seen in the last several days, i will try to make it as brief as i can, chris, is what we call high latitude blocking. what climatologists and meteorologists are looking at is the fact that the globe are warming and we're seeing what we call high latitude blocks, and what that does is just like a traffic jam, when the traffic stops up there, it's going to eventually stop right here. and, unfortunately, that's starting to have implications on what's going on with our midlatitude weather systems. more droughts, more floods, more strange systems like this that we certainly aren't used to seeing. that's potential
jim, i see the rough seas out there. this doesn't make any sense to me historically. i grew up in a country, philadelphia, where you had a certain number of snows every winter which were normal. you had your hurricane season around august/september and it was down south. now what is this? we're not getting involved in the big fight over global warming or climate change. what is going on? >> reporter: this is just a late season hybrid. here is the deal. what we've seen in the last several...
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and jim, follow up with you. ohio, the nbc poll has shown five points. and now we have a quinnipiac poll out today showing the president up by five points, at 50%. and if you go into the internals, it seems to me, at least, devastating for mitt romney if this poll is to be believed that, like, 52% of people in ohio think the economy is getting better. only 17% think it is getting worse. i don't know how mitt romney overcomes that in six days. >> reporter: look, you were talking earlier, and i'm with you, there's two ways of looking at this election. you look at it in feel and the intangibles and by the numbers. when you look at just the state of ohio, this is a case where the intangibles, the numbers and the body language from the romney campaign all seems to point to obama is ahead. you can dispute five points. but you don't put up that ad that the romney phones are putting up and trying to pit this argument now if you believe you're ahead in ohio or on your way to being ahead, right? why would you want this to be the final issue felt? you had to flow s
and jim, follow up with you. ohio, the nbc poll has shown five points. and now we have a quinnipiac poll out today showing the president up by five points, at 50%. and if you go into the internals, it seems to me, at least, devastating for mitt romney if this poll is to be believed that, like, 52% of people in ohio think the economy is getting better. only 17% think it is getting worse. i don't know how mitt romney overcomes that in six days. >> reporter: look, you were talking earlier,...
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he is machinist jim edwards, and he survives. >> i feel wonderful. thank god i'm saved now. he said, i'm with you, gym. relax, everything will be fine. i'm be right with you. nothing is going to happen to you. >> edwards is burned over 60% of his body. trapped inside the blaze, he had wondered if his time had come. >> the fire and everything was about ten foot away from me, and from all of that heat and everything it was eating me alive and i couldn't go anywhere. it was scary, and i was just wondering if i was ever going to see the next day or not. i figured this was the end. >> over the next three years, edwards undergoes a dozen surgeries. along the way he contracts an infection that ultimately claims his eyesight. despite his hardships, edwards remains positive. >> the good lord felt like it was not my time to go. i feel like i still have something to offer, to give to people. i'm blessed to be here still today. i talk to people about how important it is to not take anything for granted because you can lose everything in a flash. >> in all, six people die in the fire. wh
he is machinist jim edwards, and he survives. >> i feel wonderful. thank god i'm saved now. he said, i'm with you, gym. relax, everything will be fine. i'm be right with you. nothing is going to happen to you. >> edwards is burned over 60% of his body. trapped inside the blaze, he had wondered if his time had come. >> the fire and everything was about ten foot away from me, and from all of that heat and everything it was eating me alive and i couldn't go anywhere. it was...
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michele bachmann is locked in a tight race against democratic challenger jim graves. the right wing's war on women came up in the last debate. bachmann was asked about richard mourdock's remarks. bachmann wouldn't tell voters where she stood, dodging questions about abortion, access for rape victims. >> you heard what richard mourdock said and you know that has been controversial. god intended this to happen if a fetus results a consequence of that rape. i want to know if you agree with that. >> what i agree with is i'm 100% pro-life and i agree with the position of the catholic church on this issue. >> let's bring in kelly goth, political correspondent for theroot.com and democratic strategist chris kafinis. the war on women. these remarks by mourdock continued to erode away. how big of an impact is this going to have on these races? >> huge. it already is, right? and i think the way i look at this, ed, is the other perspective of the gop was that this election cycle was essentially about three issues. the economy, the economy, the economy. and that is partially true
michele bachmann is locked in a tight race against democratic challenger jim graves. the right wing's war on women came up in the last debate. bachmann was asked about richard mourdock's remarks. bachmann wouldn't tell voters where she stood, dodging questions about abortion, access for rape victims. >> you heard what richard mourdock said and you know that has been controversial. god intended this to happen if a fetus results a consequence of that rape. i want to know if you agree with...
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. >> jim? >> keep an eye on hispanic voters. >> that's what i agree. most pessimistic, romney side. what do you think? >> definitely nevada. definitely iowa. i guess wisconsin. wisconsin, ohio. they need one of those two. >> well, no. one of the other ones. either iowa or ohio or wisconsin. >> liz, what do you sense is the closest state? what's going to be the closest state? >> it's going to be my state. >> you think it's going to be the closest state? >> i think at the end, that's what we'll see, correct. >> i think it's going to be nevada. >> you think that's going to be the closest? >> yeah, i think that's going to be a razor-thin margin, presumably for romney. >> i'm going to stick with virginia. i've been going back and forth between virginia and colorado. i think it will be one of those two. that's it for this edition of "t"the daily rundown."" before we go, i have to do my shameless plugs. >> my friends and neighbors in new jersey, hang in there. everybody's thinking about you today. >> we all are. that is ditto for everybody. any other shameless plug? >> america, make your d
. >> jim? >> keep an eye on hispanic voters. >> that's what i agree. most pessimistic, romney side. what do you think? >> definitely nevada. definitely iowa. i guess wisconsin. wisconsin, ohio. they need one of those two. >> well, no. one of the other ones. either iowa or ohio or wisconsin. >> liz, what do you sense is the closest state? what's going to be the closest state? >> it's going to be my state. >> you think it's going to be the closest...
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let me play what senator jim webb said to chuck todd on this issue. take a listen. >> how in the name of the lord can the democratic party, the party of andrew jackson, only be getting 28 periods of time of the white male working class vote? from my perspective it's because of the interest group politics in the democratic party, that particular cultural group doesn't believe the democrats like that. >> are some white voters turned off by the democratic party? if so, where does the popular clinton factor come in? >> the president is there and will be in ohio for a reason. the president can bring into focus the idea that with the right economic policies and if you stick with it, as we did in 1995 and 1996, prosperity comes along. the real key numbers in ohio are look at the unemployment rate when the president came into office and where it is now. it's down i think nearly 50%. the auto bailout, some of the president's investments in manufacturing have really paid off in ohio, frankly, at the end of the day we can talk back and forth about different demo
let me play what senator jim webb said to chuck todd on this issue. take a listen. >> how in the name of the lord can the democratic party, the party of andrew jackson, only be getting 28 periods of time of the white male working class vote? from my perspective it's because of the interest group politics in the democratic party, that particular cultural group doesn't believe the democrats like that. >> are some white voters turned off by the democratic party? if so, where does the...
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decades ago we faced jim crow and the polls. today it's fewer hours and longer lines. but the goal is the same. voter suppression. joining me now is former florida governor charlie crist. he's now an independent. tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for governor scott to do here? you did it in 2008 as the governor of florida and you are republican. what would be wrong with scott doing that today? >> there would be nothing wrong with it, reverend. it would be the right thing to do. it's a precious, cherished right and all of us want to have an opportunity to exercise. yesterday i was in miami guard dense in north dade county and the wait was 2 1/2 to three hours. it's unconscienceable to let that go on. the people of florida deserve better and they deserve a right to vote. >> i have been down in florida with the nonpartisan voting and i saw the l
decades ago we faced jim crow and the polls. today it's fewer hours and longer lines. but the goal is the same. voter suppression. joining me now is former florida governor charlie crist. he's now an independent. tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for...
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so when i spoke with the former head of the republican party of florida, a guy named jim greer who is in his own trouble over charges about some illegal money thing that he was doing, but when he was running the party he told me that republican consultants came to him and said, we want to craft a bill that would get rid of early voting if we could, or severely cut it, because in the words of these consultants, according to jim greer, all it does is bring every african-american out from under a rock, that's a quote, and get them to vote for democrats. they don't vote for us, it doesn't help us. so the republican legislature which in 2010 became more tea party, more conservative, there's no margin in it for them to increase access to in-person early voting. what they did is passed a law that didn't touch absentee voting, which republicans tend to dominate in, but severely limited the early vote. just to give you some numbers, you're talking about there were 96 hours, there are 96 hours this year total to vote. there were 120 hours in 2008. and already in the state, 3.46 million people h
so when i spoke with the former head of the republican party of florida, a guy named jim greer who is in his own trouble over charges about some illegal money thing that he was doing, but when he was running the party he told me that republican consultants came to him and said, we want to craft a bill that would get rid of early voting if we could, or severely cut it, because in the words of these consultants, according to jim greer, all it does is bring every african-american out from under a...
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i agree with jim greer. how many more witnesses do we need for the republican party to see that this number one was wrong. and number two, it is backfired. they meant it for evil but god meant it for good. it awakens something in people who may have otherwise been nonchalant about this election. >> erin, you're in cincinnati. there are long lines in cincinnati and all over ohio. how i do know? because you're writing about it. tell us about it. >> yes yb that's right. i'm in hamilton county right now, where cincinnati is. something people may not understand, is that while there are hundreds of restinkinks on election day, in early voting day, there is just one location. that's why we see long lines. also the hours are shorter. so on saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and today just 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. less time that people get to early vote and they are all going to the single one per county locations. >> now, these, erin, these are one per county because of the decision of the officials. they are not limite
i agree with jim greer. how many more witnesses do we need for the republican party to see that this number one was wrong. and number two, it is backfired. they meant it for evil but god meant it for good. it awakens something in people who may have otherwise been nonchalant about this election. >> erin, you're in cincinnati. there are long lines in cincinnati and all over ohio. how i do know? because you're writing about it. tell us about it. >> yes yb that's right. i'm in hamilton...
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we the people who endured the horror of redemption after reconstruction and carried the weight of jim crowe. we the people who swung from southern trees and stood on the front line of foreign wars. we the people who taught our children to read even when the schools had no books. we the people who worshipped a god of liberation even as we suffered oppression. we the people who gave america back its highest ideals with our nonviolent struggles against injustice. we the people are americans and we prove it by voting. that's #whyivote. that's our show for today. thank you to karen finney and katien dawson. i'll see you next saturday at 10:00 eastern. before that, i'm going to chicago. see you there on msnbc on election evening. all part of the night-long msnbc 2012 election coverage. i will be reporting from obama headquarters. be sure to watch tuesday night and wednesday morning. coming up, "weekend with alex witt." [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you could combine the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan? ♪ so you went right back to the pathfinder's essence
we the people who endured the horror of redemption after reconstruction and carried the weight of jim crowe. we the people who swung from southern trees and stood on the front line of foreign wars. we the people who taught our children to read even when the schools had no books. we the people who worshipped a god of liberation even as we suffered oppression. we the people who gave america back its highest ideals with our nonviolent struggles against injustice. we the people are americans and we...
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jim, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> an update now on sandy. the u.s. navy is helping with the cleanup of the jersey shore while more than 3 million people are still without power. anger is building at the gas pumps in new jersey. line res long. stations are running out of gas. in staten islands, residents are begging for help saying they have been forgotten. a special relief fund is being set up just for residents of the island. and transportation secretary ray la hood is heading to new jersey to talk to officials there about getting the transportation system back up and running. >>> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. jess carney worked boston area renaissance fairs, haunted houses and nightclubs. he hopped selling bone skulls and other mccobb items. carney hook, engages and sells for performance and mirror potential customer temperaments. for more, watch "your business" sunday morning on msnbc the. email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it gives you the tools to
jim, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> an update now on sandy. the u.s. navy is helping with the cleanup of the jersey shore while more than 3 million people are still without power. anger is building at the gas pumps in new jersey. line res long. stations are running out of gas. in staten islands, residents are begging for help saying they have been forgotten. a special relief fund is being set up just for residents of the island. and transportation secretary ray la hood is...
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colleagues jim can torre and mike sidell are in new york city and new jersey. they will all be joining us throughout our coverage today. we begin here in studio with nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. what's the latest on this storm, dylan? >> alex, it is still a category one hurricane. it's going to fluctuate between a category one and tropical storm, back over to a category one most likely. then it takes on a whole different characteristic as it approaches the shoreline of what looks like new jersey. that's where it is expected to make landfall somewhere in the new jersey area or the del marva area. either way this is a massive storm. we're not tracking it like a hurricane in that the eye wall is going tonight area hardest hit. the whole storm is massive. we have tropical storm force winds extending 450 miles out from the center of the storm. right now sustained winds with the storm are 75 miles per hour. but it is still very far away. 340 miles almost to the northeast of miami. so look at how huge it is. and it is bringing those rain bands along shore through n
colleagues jim can torre and mike sidell are in new york city and new jersey. they will all be joining us throughout our coverage today. we begin here in studio with nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. what's the latest on this storm, dylan? >> alex, it is still a category one hurricane. it's going to fluctuate between a category one and tropical storm, back over to a category one most likely. then it takes on a whole different characteristic as it approaches the shoreline of what looks like...
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. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former confederacy. their voter participation rates were in the 4% or 5% range. there really is little to no black presence in the political system, between roughly the 1870s and the 1950s. >> after the civil war and the emancipation proclamation, there was a brief period of black political engagement. there was hundreds of blacks elected to office. some became members of congress. but whites soon retook power in the south. by the turn of the century, congress was once again whites-only. those jim crow laws made it so. >> american history bent away from justice, decisively away from justice, of course, in the wake of reconstruction and the creation of an american apartheid system, the jim crow system, which lasted for at least two generations in the south. >> for
. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former confederacy. their voter participation rates were in the 4% or 5% range. there really is little to no black presence in the political system, between roughly...
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he's going to be there to try to defeat michelle bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves. this is a guy who came from a very humble background. he's a very successful businessman. joy, if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high-profile tea party? >> carl, think about what you just said. this candidate is a perfect clinton democrat. he's the perfect d-democrat. he's somebody that michelle obama softens supporters. whether it's women and her more extreme positions on issues. or republicans. there are a lot of republicans who look fondly on bill clinton. if clinton is validating this other guy, he might be my kind of democrat. >> great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining us. coming up, katie perry helps president obama get out the vote in wisconsin. ruth khanna will join us and get an update on voting in the badger state. stay state of the unioned, this is "the ed show" live from democracy plaza in new york city. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this redu
he's going to be there to try to defeat michelle bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves. this is a guy who came from a very humble background. he's a very successful businessman. joy, if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high-profile tea party? >> carl, think about what you just said. this candidate is a perfect clinton democrat. he's the perfect d-democrat. he's somebody that...
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what he needs is folks that vote romney, vote for klobuchar, and vote for jim graves. talking to a lot of republicans in minnesota who tend to be more moderate than the ones we see on the national stage there is this sort of sense of being fed up with michele bachmann. however, there is a strong evangelical pull in that district. gay marriage is on the ballot. that might be enough to push her ahead as well as the redistricting. she'll probably sneak through but, still, a very -- >> we'll see. >> she spent more i think on that than the presidential race. we'll bring in the rest of our friday super panel. republican strategist and president of new frontier strategy, and of course luke sticking around. up in new york melissa harris perry host of msnbc's "melissa harris-perry." i'm sorry. i thought i'd be in new york today. >> yes. >> all of our travel schedules have been messed around a little bit. i want to focus quickly on michele bachmann. i go back with these memories of bob thorn you know when he ran for president. and on election night at the time an unknown hispani
what he needs is folks that vote romney, vote for klobuchar, and vote for jim graves. talking to a lot of republicans in minnesota who tend to be more moderate than the ones we see on the national stage there is this sort of sense of being fed up with michele bachmann. however, there is a strong evangelical pull in that district. gay marriage is on the ballot. that might be enough to push her ahead as well as the redistricting. she'll probably sneak through but, still, a very -- >> we'll...
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minnesota tomorrow, he's going to be there to try to defeat michele bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves who is a self-made guy. he's a very successful businessman. if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. >> yeah. >> what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high profile tea partier who has been critical of the president from day one. >> think about what you just said. this candidate on the democratic side is a perfect democrat and he's somebody that michele bachmann's softer supporters, whether it's women who are concerned with her position on women's issues, or republicans, there are a lot of republicans who look fondly at bill clinton, if clinton is validating this guy he might be my kind of democrat. >> thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, katy perry helps president obama get out the vote in wisconsin. state senator lena taylor. stay tuned. this is "the ed show" live from democracy plaza in new york city. [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. be
minnesota tomorrow, he's going to be there to try to defeat michele bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves who is a self-made guy. he's a very successful businessman. if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. >> yeah. >> what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high profile tea partier who has been critical of the president from day one. >> think about what you just said. this candidate on the democratic side...
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we have jim cantor e, he's hole up at the ritz bar down at battery park. we're journalists. >> mike seidel in hell's kitchen. >> exactly. >> let's get right to the weather. the beginning of sandy's effects are arriving up and down the mid-atlantic. winds are expected to reach 90 miles an hour, and already those living near the water have been forced evacuate. today it's expected to hook west and take aim at the northeast coast, leaving tens of millions of people just hours now to prepare. the entire new york city transit system is shut down. schools are closed along with those in baltimore, boston and washington, d.c. meteorologist bill karins is here with the very latest on the hurricane. bill. >> good morning to you, mika. and this storm is on schedule. nothing has changed. if anything, it's a little stronger than what we thought it would be at this point. and it's going to be moving on shore within the next 12 to 18 hours. this will be a 24-hour period for areas from the northern mid-atlantic, washington, d.c., all the way through boston that a lot of u
we have jim cantor e, he's hole up at the ritz bar down at battery park. we're journalists. >> mike seidel in hell's kitchen. >> exactly. >> let's get right to the weather. the beginning of sandy's effects are arriving up and down the mid-atlantic. winds are expected to reach 90 miles an hour, and already those living near the water have been forced evacuate. today it's expected to hook west and take aim at the northeast coast, leaving tens of millions of people just hours now...
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outside resources is focused on new york and new jersey. >> the pentagon has released numbers through jim mcla chefsy our pentagon correspondent, 7400 national guard troops forces have been called up on to state active duty supporting governors in new york, massachusetts, virginia, delaware, connecticut and maryland as well, continuing in some of those areas. one quick question, we knew early voting in maryland was canceled yesterday. what about the impacts on election day, which are run by individual states? not a federal responsibility, but constitutional mandated to be that first tuesday in november. >> it's -- right. an act of congress, actually, the constitution gives congress the power and it was an act of congress started back in the mid 1800s to make it the first tuesday after the second monday. but, it came up, i'm told this came up with craig fugate, fema director, came up with his counterparts in the state and locals, asking essentially is dealing with election day issues, moving precincts, trying to get power to them, is that something the federal government would pay for and
outside resources is focused on new york and new jersey. >> the pentagon has released numbers through jim mcla chefsy our pentagon correspondent, 7400 national guard troops forces have been called up on to state active duty supporting governors in new york, massachusetts, virginia, delaware, connecticut and maryland as well, continuing in some of those areas. one quick question, we knew early voting in maryland was canceled yesterday. what about the impacts on election day, which are run...
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jim cantore has more for us on this problem. >> hey, tamron. this is what i would call an orderly gas line, even though it's packed, it's orderly he. people are lined up to each pump, and they filled the tanks with tangers that came in here. this is a nice supply of gas here at the vince lombardi truck stop. back towards the west, you can see here this gentleman, this police officer is actually directing traffic coming in from the exit into which line they should get in. as we show you where that line is, it travels all the way back up around to the turnpike. last night we understand this line was all the way out into the turnpike, which creates a dangerous situation there. so this is pretty good. you have about an hour and a half wait to the end of the line so you're able to get gas. there's no limits here on how much to get. they ask everybody to be respectful of everybody else. if you have five five-gallon tanks strapped to your roof, that won't make a lot of people happy. you have 50% of all the gas stations out there that could be giving o
jim cantore has more for us on this problem. >> hey, tamron. this is what i would call an orderly gas line, even though it's packed, it's orderly he. people are lined up to each pump, and they filled the tanks with tangers that came in here. this is a nice supply of gas here at the vince lombardi truck stop. back towards the west, you can see here this gentleman, this police officer is actually directing traffic coming in from the exit into which line they should get in. as we show you...
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don't know who mcconnell who seemed to be the biggest enemy last time now realizes he can't beat the jim demint forces by being negative, he's got to get something done. he's not a right-winger. mcconnell's got to get in play and start being productive. it does take more than the president if he gets reelected. there has to be some good will and that's what i'm hoping coming out this week. a little sense we're all in this together against something we didn't bring about and neither side this bad weather. that's my hope. >> all right. >> that's a new definition of hope. >> that's a good hope to have. to tell you the truth. >> as it compared to four years ago. it makes sense, though. >> i don't think we have any choice moving forward. and we shouldn't -- politicians shouldn't do what they've been doing over the past four years. like chris said, if the president gets reelected, he's got to deal with the republicans, republicans have to deal with him. >> but -- that -- isn't that the one inevitability if he's reelected? that they will have -- >> no, sadly it's not. we've been talking about t
don't know who mcconnell who seemed to be the biggest enemy last time now realizes he can't beat the jim demint forces by being negative, he's got to get something done. he's not a right-winger. mcconnell's got to get in play and start being productive. it does take more than the president if he gets reelected. there has to be some good will and that's what i'm hoping coming out this week. a little sense we're all in this together against something we didn't bring about and neither side this...
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minnesota tomorrow, he's going to be there to try to defeat michele bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves who is a self-made guy. this is a guy that came from a very humble background. he's a very successful businessman. in fact, joy, if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. >> yeah. >> what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high-profile tea partier who has been very critical of the president from day one, michele bachmann? >> think about what you just said. this candidate on the democratic side is a perfect democrat and a perfect dlc -- he's somebody that michele bachmann's softer supporters, whether it's women who are concerned with her position on women's issues, or republicans, there are a lot of republicans who look fondly at bill clinton, who might be thinking, you know what, michele bachmann was a little too extreme for me, but if clinton is validating this guy he might be my kind of democrat. >> all right, joy reid, thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, katy perry helps president obama get out the vote in wiscon
minnesota tomorrow, he's going to be there to try to defeat michele bachmann in supporting a guy named jim graves who is a self-made guy. this is a guy that came from a very humble background. he's a very successful businessman. in fact, joy, if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. >> yeah. >> what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high-profile tea partier who has been very critical of the president from day one,...